Sergei Yakupov

Affiliated media: Press Club Belarus, Programme director

Incident date: December 22, 2020

Attack type:

• Non-fatal attack / beating / injury / torture

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Press Club Belarus

Location: Belarus, Minsk

Additional information:

Sergei Yakupov told about the detention in his apartment. «Three hours later, these people started breaking down our door. I decided to go out and open it for them, but I was late – they cut the door with a special tool. They broke in the apartment where my wife and a 10-year-old child were», – Yakupov said. «At the same time, they were swinging a pistol, put me on my knees, and hit me twice on the head. After that, the Department of Financial Investigations inspector entered the apartment and said that it was not a search, but an inspection, and they would seize all the equipment».